Young Turks: Here’s a look at a startup that’s building a ‘Made in India’ EV since 2013

One such startup is Bengaluru based Ather Energy. When IIT Madras alumni Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain started out in 2013, many dismissed their vision as a pipe-dream or at best an interesting project. Venture capitalists argued that the large automakers would leave them far behind in the EV race.